A continuing series spotlighting new films that expand the possibilities of the medium and provide a vision for its future.

An ongoing series presenting rare films from the ICA Archive, screening on original 35mm and 16mm prints.

For the sixth straight year the ICA Cinema partners with independent film production unit Terratreme to present a selection of contemporary Portuguese cinema.

Curated by artist Rheim Alkadhi, this film programme accompanies the artist's first UK exhibition Templates for Liberation.

In 1966, Marguerite Duras, already a prolific writer of novels, plays and screenplays, turned to filmmaking, co-directing the first of her nineteen films. In collaboration with Another Gaze Editions, the ICA presents a full retrospective of her shorts, features and televisual work,  alongside several works she wrote, or to which she lent her voice.

From filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) comes a daring tale of betrayal, accusations and desire.

French filmmaker Claire Simon documents the daily operations of a gynaecology ward in a Paris public hospital and in the process questions what it means to live in a woman's body.

Dedicated police detective Ma Zhe (Zhu Yilong) is assigned the case of a series of horrific murders in a rural Chinese town, in this gripping thriller.

Rich Peppiatt’s remarkable feature debut is a fictionalised retelling of the story of the real-life trio of the same name.

Justin Lerner’s film is a story of revenge and personal resilience that considers the complexity of life in contemporary Guatemala under the perpetual threat of violence.

Edward Yang's mournful anatomy of a city caught between the past and the present illuminates the precariousness of domestic life and the desperation of Taiwan’s globalized modernity.

Imbued with a languid and troubling sense of unease, Yang’s third feature The Terrorizers centres the mysterious connections that draw together a largely disparate group of individuals in contemporary Taipei.

Sisters Laura, Mira and Steffi get by on their own. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree. When the social services demand a family meeting, eldest sister Laura plans to find a stand in for their mother.

Deborah Stratman's astonishing 16mm exploration of evolution and extinction, as told through the prism of minerals, is accompanied by Marcel Mrejen's short film exploring the relentless (neo)colonial exploitation of the Algerian territory.

In the heart of Riyadh, where desperation and opportunity collide, Mandoob brings forth the gripping tale of Fahad Algadaani, a man racing against time to save his ailing father.

After being released from jail, Lang strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls now embark on a new journey together. Winner of Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival.

Edward Yang's sweeping satire of 1990s Taipei charts the tangled web of emotional and professional manipulations among a group of young urbanites.

Edward Yang’s penultimate film is an acerbic, sprawling tragicomedy, a poison love letter to Taipei as a rising cosmopolis of big money, big dreams, and big cons.

This rediscovered jewel of Iranian cinema has reemerged as one of the most astonishing works of the country’s pre-revolutionary New Wave.

Legendary Iranian New Wave director Bahram Beyzaie’s sophomore feature possesses both the epic dimensions of myth and the hallucinatory atmosphere of a dream.

Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) star in this stylish adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s folk horror novel.

The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the puzzle.

Kassem Hawal's document of the marsh people of southern Iraq is accompanied by the second film by Michel Khleifi, considered the founder of contemporary Palestinian cinema.

The second part of Zhang Yimou's loose 'Red Trilogy' is a visually arresting drama of secret love starring Gong Li. Screening on a rare 16mm print from the ICA archive.

The ICA is delighted to present a retrospective of the films of Jon Sanders and Anna Mottram. Irreverent and punk in their making; subtle, affecting, and highly personal in their tone, Jon Sander and Anna Mottram’s underseen and under-shown films, crafted with virtually no budget and outside the traditional funding circuits, are unique and fascinating objects in the contemporary history of cinema.

Low Tide tells the story of the last three days of a woman's life, Kathy, who is dying of cancer and is being nursed at home.

Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.

Twenty-something Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan) dreams of becoming a successful actor, but the nightmarish grind of the audition circuit, with its callous rejections and upsetting micro-aggressions, is starting to take its toll.

Azra is worlds apart from her conservative muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Karachi, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined; from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming-of-age in Canada.

The first iteration of the Lates series; an exploration of fetishistic desire on VHS, in collaboration with the Bishopsgate Institute’s UK Fetish Archive.

Taking place over a 24-hour period, in a beautiful Kent house and garden, the film follows the course and aftermath of a birthday celebration organised by a middle-aged woman for her husband to whom she has been married for nearly 40 years.

A meditation on love and loss and an evocation of the joys and sadnesses of later life, explored with humour and tenderness by the improvising cast.

A special screening of Jan Švankmajer's Surviving Life, presented in partnership with the Czech Centre London, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the grand master of Czech animation.

Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, and Demi Moore star in Coralie Fargeat’s explosive new film.

The tense, immersive courtroom drama follows the 1975 trial of Pierre Goldman, a fiery and controversial figure of revolutionary left-wing activism.

Multi-disciplinary artists Angela Ricciardi and Silken Weinberg’s astonishing silent short The Giver Gives to Give precedes a live acoustic performance by Poppy Jean Crawford, who also stars in the film.

Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s explosive Cannes sensation is a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages.

Indian filmmaker Shuchi Talati's award-winning debut follows a model student and her stifled mother, who are both vying for the attention of a new crush.

In her new film, Catarina Mourão captures with tremendous precision the moment a father passes on a story to his son, a story that has been a family taboo for decades.

The tense, immersive courtroom drama follows the 1975 trial of Pierre Goldman, a fiery and controversial figure of revolutionary left-wing activism.

In an attempt to revisit a creative collaboration and revive his marriage, a theatre director brings together a group of performers to spend a week with him and his wife in an isolated, mountainous part of southern France.

A group of artists respond polyphonically to one starting prompt, the work and legacies of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, who passed away in 2015. 

An evening with filmmaker, performer, and artist Vex Ashley as she explores the captivating intersection of art and pornography through a presentation of her 10 years of artistic practice.

Two sisters return to their family home on the Isle of Wight in Jon Sanders’ intimate drama on grief and sisterly bonds.

Broke and on the edge of eviction, Leo and her mother bond over their misfortune as they scheme, bluff, and grift their way to a stylish lifestyle beyond their means. El Planeta will be preceded by the first live performance of Amalia Ulman's video essay Sordid Scandal and followed by an in-person Q&A.

In this adaptation of the best-selling, prize-winning memoir by Amy Liptrot, Saoirse Ronan stars as Rona, a young woman who returns to her remote home in the Orkney Islands after losing herself in London. 

Charles Burnett’s heart-warming romantic comedy sees two great actors pair off against each other with hilarious results. Showing from a new 4K restoration.

After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer, Libuše Jarcovjáková, strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.

In the 1980s, a Palestinian Bedouin artist, Bashir Abu Rabia, was hired to create special effects for Rambo III. Today, Bashir returns to the desert locations, where he finds material remnants and debris left behind in the sand.

A collection of four films, each telling a unique story centred around the theme of islands—whether set on, about, or originating from them. These films explore alternative narratives that delve into the vulnerable histories of the islands of Okinawa, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, as well as the lived experiences of their inhabitants.

Grasshopper Republic follows a local grasshopper trapping team in verité style, as these modern-day prospectors push into remote forests seeking their fortune by capturing this elusive prey. 

As humanity continues to transform and reshape nature, Earth has entered the Anthropocene, a new epoch where its natural regulatory capacities face unprecedented challenges. These short films will showcase the lives of individuals and ecosystems across the globe that have been disrupted and impacted by human activities.